Career Advice

Sonali Majumdar highlights why grad students and postdocs should identify emerging employment trends, develop durable skills and ultimately adapt a growth mind-set for professional success.

Yet colleges pay far less attention to the plight of graduate students than they do undergrads, and any specialized support for first-gen faculty pretty much trickles to a halt, writes María C. Ledesma.

Many faculty members view such opportunities for grad students with raised eyebrows, and we should test whether that widespread uneasiness has merit in a more structured way, writes Edward Balleisen.

Rachel Toor explores what can happen if you confess something real and vulnerable about yourself to your students that’s relevant to your teaching.

Kathleen McCartney shares some key lessons she’s learned for handling the many challenges that college leaders must confront.

Nana Lee offers guidance on how to find inspiration from activities outside your main research area and make them count.

Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt writes of how serving on search committees in predominantly white institutions can often be a harrowing experience for many faculty members of color.

Karen Spierling describes her new department’s efforts to build and model productive relationships and create a space where all colleagues are explicitly valued, included and respected.